John Denver (December 31, 1943  October 12, 1997), born Henry John Deutschendorf, Jr., was an American singer, songwriter, musician, and actor. Denver died at the age of 53 off the coast of Monterey, California while piloting a Rutan Long-EZ, an experimental fiberglass airplane. ohn Denver was born in Roswell, New Mexico. His father, Henry Deutschendorf, Sr., was an Air Force officer and flight instructor. Denver was born while his father was stationed at the Roswell Army Air Field. He grew up on a number of military bases in the American southwest. Denver attended high school in Fort Worth, Texas and later enrolled at Texas Tech where he was a member of Delta Tau Delta Fraternity.
His introduction to playing music came at the age of twelve when his grandmother gave him a 1910 Gibson acoustic guitar. Denver began performing at local clubs while in college. He dropped out of college in 1964 and moved to Los Angeles to join the Chad Mitchell Trio, a folk group. He left the group, by then known as Denver, Boise and Johnson, in 1969 to pursue a solo career.
That same year he released his debut LP, Rhymes and Reasons. Within the next four years, albums such as Whose Garden Was This, Take Me to Tomorrow, and Poems, Prayers and Promises established him as one of America's popular recording stars. Denver had a successful singing and songwriting career, and a minor career as an actorhis most notable film credit being in 1977's Oh, God! opposite George Burns. In 1994 Denver wrote an autobiography entitled Take Me Home. He moved to Aspen, Colorado in 1970 following his first solo success with the song "Leaving on a Jet Plane".
Denver was recognized not only for his musical ability but also for his humanitarian work. He worked extensively on conservation projects and helped to create the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge in Alaska. He also founded his own environmental group called the Windstar Foundation. Denver had a keen interest in the causes of and solution to hunger, and visited Africa during the 1980s to witness first-hand the suffering caused by starvation and also to work with African leaders towards a solution. Denver testified alongside Frank Zappa and Dee Snider on the topic of censorship during a PMRC hearing in 1985.

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John Denver & The Muppets

A Christmas Together

1979

AFL1-3451

RCA Victor Record Label; Album cover has minor wear; Record has minor scuffs; Includes the original poster

VG+/VG+

$29.99

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John Denver

Aerie

1975

LSP-4607

RCA Victor Record Label

VG+/VG+

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LP

John Denver

An Evening with John Denver

1975

CPL2-0764-1

RCA Victor Record Label; Double record set

NM-/NM-

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LP

John Denver

An Evening with John Denver

1975

CPL2-0764-1

RCA Victor Record Label; Double record set

VG+/VG+

$9.99

LP

John Denver

Autograph

1980

AQL1-3449

RCA Victor Record Label; Includes the inner photo/lyric liner sleeve

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LP

John Denver

Back Home Again

1974

CPL1-0548

RCA Victor Record Label; Gatefold cover; Includes the original inner lyric liner sleeve

NM-/NM-

$9.99

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John Denver

Back Home Again

1974

CPL1-0548

RCA Victor Record Label; Gatefold cover

VG+/VG+

$6.99

LP

John Denver With The Mitchell Trio

Beginnings

1972

SRM-1-704

Mercury Record Label; With illustration on cover; Track Listing: That's the Way It's Gonna Be, For Bobbie, Another Side of This Life, The Bells of Rhymney, Never Coming Home, Get Together, Mr. Tambourine Man, Like to Deal With the Ladies, Rabbit, She Loves You, Long Tall Texan, Violets of Dawn

VG+/NM-

$17.99

LP

John Denver

Farewell Andromeda

1973

APL1-0101

RCA Victor Record Label; Gatefold cover

NM-/NM-

$14.99

LP

John Denver

Farewell Andromeda

1973

APL1-0101

RCA Victor Record Label; Gatefold cover

VG+/VG+

$7.99

LP

John Denver

Greatest Hits

1973

AQL1-0374

RCA Victor Record Label; Track Listing: Take Me Home, Country Roads, Follow Me, Starwood in Aspen, For Baby (For Bobbie), Rhymes and Reasons, Leaving On A Jet Plane, The Eagle and the Hawk, Sunshine On My Shoulders, Goodbye Again, Poems, Prayers and Promises, Rocky Mountain High

NM-/VG+

$7.99

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John Denver

Greatest Hits

1974

CPL1-0374

RCA Victor Record Label; Includes the original inner photo/credit liner sleeve; Track Listing: Take Me Home, Country Roads, Follow Me, Starwood in Aspen, For Baby (For Bobbie), Rhymes and Reasons, Leaving On A Jet Plane, The Eagle and the Hawk, Sunshine On My Shoulders, Goodbye Again, Poems, Prayers and Promises, Rocky Mountain High

NM-/NM-

$9.99

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John Denver

Greatest Hits

1974

CPL1-0374

RCA Victor Record Label; Track Listing: Take Me Home, Country Roads, Follow Me, Starwood in Aspen, For Baby (For Bobbie), Rhymes and Reasons, Leaving On A Jet Plane, The Eagle and the Hawk, Sunshine On My Shoulders, Goodbye Again, Poems, Prayers and Promises, Rocky Mountain High

VG+/VG+

$6.99

LP

John Denver

Greatest Hits Volume 2

1977

CPL1-2195

RCA Victor Record Label; Includes the original inner lyric/credit liner sleeve

NM-/NM-

$19.99

LP

John Denver

I Want To Live

1977

AFL1-2521

RCA Victor Record Label; Includes the original inner photo/credit liner sleeve